Tag: Mike Lazaridis
BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis resigns from post as vice chair and company director.
BlackBerry may have just posted a surprising fourth-quarter profit off the early successes of their BlackBerry Z10 handsets (shifting 1 million of the new phones and 6 million smartphones overall). But it's the news that company founder Mike Lazaridis is…
RIM CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie step down
Joint CEO's Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down from their top-level roles at the BlackBerry-owning firm. Founder Lazaridis will now take the role of vice chairman, with Jim Balsillie taking a non-operational role on the board of…
RIM to remove co-CEOs Balsillie and Lazaridis from co-Chairmen of the Board roles?
After a frankly disastrous year at RIM HQ, co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are now expected to leave their positions as co-chairmen of the board at the flailing mobile firm. The longtime CEOs have often come under fire,…
RIM CEO apologizes for BlackBerry outages in video response
Co-CEO of RIM, Mike Lazaridis, has given a heartfelt video apology for the widespread BlackBerry outages affecting many of his customers this week. Posted on RIM's official BlackBerry YouTube channel, Lazaridis stated that: "You expect better from us and…
RIM profits fall: Where are the BlackBerry team going wrong?
It's been a tough couple of weeks for RIM, the company behind the BlackBerry brand. After their fledgling BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was met with a lukewarm reception in the States, and an even cooler response in stores (only 500,000…
RIM launch BlackBerry 6 OS – Video
After a month's worth of leaks, RIM have officially launched the BlackBerry 6 OS. Check the video above to see what all the fuss is about. It's a pretty substantial update. There's inevitably a greater focus on social-networking than…
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis 'BlackBerry not producing a phone watch'
She then asks him the question that we all really want to know – when is that BlackBerry watch coming? Sadly he just sniggers.
No matter what he says I wouldn't bet against it though.